PC World - USA (2021-02)

90 PCWorld FEBRUARY 2021

REVIEWS TESTED: NVIDIA REFLEX

ROG Swift PG259QNR display we used for

testing, but the non-“R” ROG Swift

PG259QN model (go.pcworld.com/259q)

that lacks Reflex Latency Analyzer capabilities

costs $700. Expect to pay more for this

fancier model.

You get a lot for your money, though.

Playing on a 360Hz IPS monitor is simply

sublime. Everything feels so smooth. Both the

visual quality of the panel and the build quality

of Asus’s monitor are top notch. This thing

rocks. Reflex Latency Analyzer is almost just a

value-adding cherry on top.

That’s generally where I fall on Reflex

Latency Analyzer for actual gamers. The

technology is wonderful for reviewers like

myself, allowing us to test the variety of latency

scenarios we walked through earlier. For

normal people and casual gamers, it’s overkill.

But if you’re the sort of person who is

willing to invest hundreds and hundreds of

dollars into a 360Hz display for peak

competitive performance anyway, you’ll

probably find Reflex Latency Analyzer

invaluable. Being able to see the latency

impact created by hardware changes and by

tweaking specific visual settings in games can

help you fine-tune things so your game looks

good and feels great, especially if you’re

using the Nvidia Reflex Low Latency Mode in

games. There’s a lot you could play with.

Nvidia’s Reflex Latency Analyzer is a godsend

for optimization geeks.

A big part of the appeal lies in Reflex

Latency Analyzer’s ability to measure mouse

responsiveness for true end-to-end system

latency, but that’s the least compelling reason

to buy in, at least for now. Yes, measuring

You need to

plug your

mouse into a

specific USB

port on the rear

of your monitor

to use Nvidia’s

Reflex Latency

Analyzer.